EP 0819954 A3 19980225 -
Publication
Application
Priority
JP 18514996 A 19960715
Abstract (en)
[origin: EP0819954A2] The present invention relates to an image input apparatus comprising a fiber optic plate and a light source for illuminating an entrance surface of the fiber optic plate. In order to obtain a vivid image, the image input apparatus according to the present invention comprises a specific structure for holding the light source at a predetermined position such that a luminous flux from the light source is made incident on the entrance surface of the fiber optic plate from a direction deviating from an angle region by which stray light can be incident on the entrance surface. <IMAGE>
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
G02B 6/08 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
G02B 6/08 (2013.01 - EP US)
Citation (search report)
- [Y] US 5426296 A 19950620 - SHIKAI MASAHIRO [JP], et al
- [Y] EP 0348182 A2 19891227 - FUJITSU LTD [JP]
- [A] EP 0372748 A2 19900613 - FUJITSU LTD [JP]
- [Y] PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 095, no. 010 30 November 1995 (1995-11-30)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0819954 A2 19980121; EP 0819954 A3 19980225; EP 0819954 B1 20040121; DE 69727266 D1 20040226; DE 69727266 T2 20041125; US 5875025 A 19990223
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 97305261 A 19970715; DE 69727266 T 19970715; US 89183897 A 19970714